Evening all.

 

Been getting a bulb failure warning on the Yeti - suggesting the front n/s sidelight is out.

 

It isn't...in fact all bulbs look OK.

 

Anyone else had this ?

Is it the original sidelight bulb?

Could be that the bulb is in fact on the way out.

Putting up a high resistance.

 

Put a new one in & then see.

Bulb has already been changed...

Seems like it's good practice to replace as a pair to eliminate doubt.

Bulb has already been changed...

Not an LED bulb is it?

Hi.

 

Yes I periodically get exactly the same message for the nearside front. Disappears after turning the engine off and on again. Dealer thought it might be a loose contact, but it still happens at maybe 6 to 9 month intervals.

 

My Yeti is also a 2011 CR170 4x4 Elegance.

 

John

 

Hi.

 

Yes I periodically get exactly the same message for the nearside front. Disappears after turning the engine off and on again. Dealer thought it might be a loose contact, but it still happens at maybe 6 to 9 month intervals.

 

My Yeti is also a 2011 CR170 4x4 Elegance.

 

John

Interesting, thanks.

Mine comes and goes too. The warning has been there for the last couple of days, but back to normal again this morning.

In answer to the other question - no they're not LEDs.

I might change them again - last change was by the garage who fixed my EGR pipe, they noticed the warning and changed the bulb FOC.

If I do it myself I can try and have a good look at the holder.

Not another voltage issue?.

How old is the battery?.

Ah! Interesting thread, mine blew a bulb a month ago, changed it ( was blackened so sure that was the fault ) but intermittently get the warning light on dash. Could it need the fault clearing from the memory with my MaxScan?

I had a foglight bulb go but checking the lights around the car (all ok)

I completely forgot the foglights as I have had no cause to use them.

£12.50 for dealer replacement!

Not another voltage issue?.

How old is the battery?.

Battery - Bosch S5 - is less than a year old. Car does 80-100 miles per weekday so gets well charged

Battery - Bosch S5 - is less than a year old. Car does 80-100 miles per weekday so gets well charged

Obviously the connections are clean and tight then and the alternator is ok(?).

Obviously the connections are clean and tight then and the alternator is ok(?).

I've no reason to suspect otherwise, it certainly flings the engine over with enthusiasm when I start up on a frosty morning. Noticeably more so than with the original battery I replaced.

Edited 27 January, 201610 yr by muddyboots

My Octavia was doing the same, telling me a sidelight was out when it clearly wasn't.

The warning came up intermittently and the dealer couldn't replicate it so I just ignored it and after a few months it resolved itself.

Hi folks. I've had my Yeti SE 140 for a year now (secondhand) and seem to be plagued with some electrical glitches including the aforementioned intermittent bulb warning light failure. It's been driving me mad for ages as it did it before I took it to local Skoda dealer in Liverpool who changed two of the bulbs and charged me £20 without asking me if I wanted it doing! A few weeks later it was back and has told me that my rear nearside light has failed but all are fine. Arrrrgh!

 

Like many people here, it clears when turning engine off and on. Did anybody get to the bottom of the problem without needing the use of a mechanic or psychic?!!

18 minutes ago, jomo said:

A few weeks later it was back and has told me that my rear nearside light has failed but all are fine.

 

Those bulbs have not had LED replacement bulbs fitted have they?

Hi Urrell. No only standard bulbs as LED causes a host of probs!

Towbar fitted and not coded properly?

Two thoughts:

 

1. What IS a Yeti 140?

2. When any of my bulbs fail the maxidot tells me which it is.

 

Good luck!

Well as it can't be the L&K with the 140ps petrol engine, it clearly must be the 140ps diesel engine version, sold for years until Euro 6 was implemented in 2015.

11 hours ago, freedie said:

Two thoughts:

 

1. What IS a Yeti 140?

2. When any of my bulbs fail the maxidot tells me which it is.

 

Good luck!

 

1/ A Yeti 140 is the 140hp 4x4 version.

2/ As does mine.

Hi chaps, it is indeed the 140hp 4x4 version. I had the Skoda Fabia VRS mk1 from new (2007-2016) and had not one electrical issue with it but finding the Yeti is full of them! The bulb issue still resurfaces every few days and then disappears the next time I turn the key. The maxidot does show that a nearside rear bulb has failed but has not!  New electrical glitch is the alarm keps sounding of its own accord with no window open or windy day. It's driving my neighbours mad! Thinking of taking every bulb out of the rear light cluster and marking each one so I know they are all brand new! In the meantime - any suggestions would be welcome guys! 

My Octavia Mk2 did this. Bulb fault would show up on the maxidot display. You get out to check it to see it's working fine. Switching off and restarting would normally clear it. Cleaned up connections, changed bulbs and still it would show a fault. I solved it by selling the car. Sorry not going to help you but Skoda are trying to take on the Italian at crap electrics   

1 hour ago, jomo said:

  New electrical glitch is the alarm keps sounding of its own accord with no window open or windy day. It's driving my neighbours mad!

 

You don't have an insect flying round setting off the alarm do you?